Hog or cattle holding rack.



Patented Sept. 25, |900.

Jyw. 'HARDY'. Hoa on CATTLE HoLumG' RACK.

(Application med Sept. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HMI W Mlm MED 1 JAMES W. HARDY, OF BEVINGTON, IOWA,

HOG OR CATTLE HOLDING RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 658,365, dated.September 25, 1900;

Application filed September 18, 1899. Serial No. 730,905. (No model.)

Z'o allai/hom it may con/cern:

Be it known that 1, J AMES W. HARDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bevington, in the county of Madison and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improve ment in Hog and Oattle Holding Racks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a new and useful construction of rack or stock forholding hogs, calves, or other cattle for veterinary purposes.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficientconstruction of rack which can be easily set up or taken apart and onewhich can be adjusted to suit various-sized stock.

A still further object is to provide a device of the character describedwhich can be ap'- plied to the running-gear of a wagon in order that thesame may be transported from place to place easily and readily.

With these objects in View my invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the various parts and in their novel combination andarrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a Viewshowing a rack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal central section of Fig. 1.

In order to make and use my invention, reference should be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which 3 represents the bolsters, positionedupon the running-gear of a wagon of well-known type, having thestandards 4; at each end thereof, adapted to receive and hold the rackproper. This rack consists of a bottom having transverse cleats or sills5 arranged upon the bottom thereof. Side rails 6 are arranged along eachside of the bottom 5, to which are secured a series of standards oruprights 7, said standards being arranged in parallel order oppositeeach other and are connected at their upper ends by means of the toppieces 8 in any suitable manner. The

forward end of this rack is closed by means of a gate comprising a lowersection 9, secured to the end standards, and an upper section l0,arranged between the end standards, and the supplemental standards 11,arranged adjacent thereto, thereby providing a guideway in which theupper section 10 can slide, such section being moved down by means ofthe rope 12, passing over the pulley 13 and under the pulley 14, andthence over the pulley 15, positioned on one of the top bars to one sideof the longitudinal center of the upper section of the gate, and thenceeX- tending downwardly, so that by pulling upon the.rope thegate-section 10 can be held securely against the animals neck. Thegatesection 10 is normally held in a raised position by means of thecords 1G, secured thereto at 17, and, after passing through thesuspended pulleys 1S, secured to the Weights 19.

20 is an adjustable partition held against a rearward displacement bymeans of the extensions 22, which engage with a pin on each side of therack, projecting inwardly from one of the side bars 23, secured to thestandards or uprights 7. This gate 2O can be raised to admit the animalsone at a time by pulling upon the ropes or cords 24, secured thereto at25 and extending over the pulleys 26 and 27. It is obvious that bydisengaging the forward extensions of the bar 21 from the pin thedistance of the gate and partition can be varied to accommodate thestructure to different-sized animals.

The rear end of the rack is closed by a gate 28, secured thereto in anysuitable manner, but detachable, so that the same can be used as a chutefor loading the rack, it being understood the carrying capacity of therack is only limited by its size.

While I have described in detailiwhat to me appears to be the very bestmeans of accomplishing the result it is desired to attain, I do notabandon the right to make such slight changes and alterations as wouldproperly come within the scope of my invention, but hold that suchchanges as would vbe appareni to the ordinary mechanic could be madewithout departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A rack of the kind described, comprising the bottom, the sidestandards and'sup'- plemental standards, the upper and lowergate-sections, the rope for closing the upper section, weighted cordsconnected to the upwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure bybrace-bar21, provided with the notched side IOO pel` section for normally holdingit inn raised same, of a pin secured to each side of the position, apartition, rack-bars extending forrack Which-the rack-bars are adaptedto en- 1o wardly from the ends of the saine, and a. pin gage,substantially as described.

on each side of the rack to engage the rack- JAMES W HARDY 5 bars,substantially as described.

2. In a. rack of the character described the Witnesses: combination witha partition and rack-bars H. D. HARRELL,

extending forwardly from the ends of the ROBERT CLELAND.

